Handsaw



(No Model.)

G. W.I GRIFFIN.

HANDSAW.

Patented June 5,1883.

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TL PETERS. PM10-www0. Wuhinhm, D. C.

UNtTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GRIFFIN, OF FRANKLIN FALLS, NEV IE'IAMPSHIRE. n

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VSPEC?IFICA'JJION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,935, dated June 5, 1883.

Application mea Apri14,1sss. (No model.)

-frame is composed, mainly, of a single casting of U shape, provided at one end with means for attaching one end of the saw-blade, and at its other end with a handle for operating the saw-frame and saw, the said handle being open, or of skeleton construction. The end of the frame provided with the handle has a socket to receive a movable smv-attaching device adapted to be attached to the end of the sawblade and passing through an opening in the said frame toward the handle. The salu bladeattaching device is connected with a straining device consisting of a cam-lever pivoted to turn` toward and from the plane of the saw-frame,

and of proper shape to enter the opening of' the handle, so that when turned to the position to strain the saw it lies wholly within handle, thus making a very convenient, compact, and inexpensive arrangement for straining the saw-blade.

Figure l is a side elevation of a saw-frame embodying this invention 5 Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the handle portion thereof, showing the straining device in plan view.

The frame a, of the usual U sha-pe, is provided at one end with means for fastening the end of the saw-blade b thereto, it being shown in this instance as having a pin, c, passing through a hole in the frame and saw-blade, the end ofthe said frame being slotted or forked to receive the saw-blade within it. rlhe other end of the frame is provided with a handle, d, shown as of skeleton construction, or having an opening, 3. The end ofthe frame a, near the `junction of the handle d therewith, is provided with a socket, or bored, as shown at 4, Fig. 2, to receive the movable saw-attaching device e, slotted to receive the end of the saw-blade b, which is fastened therein by a pin, The end of the said movable saw-attaching device e eX- tends into the open part of the handle d, where it is flattened to form a tongue, e', whichenters the slotted end of the straining-lever h, and is connected therewith by a pivot-pin, 1' ,the said pin being nearer the sides of the said lever h than its end hf, which thus constitutes a cam, so that when the said lever is turned at right angles to the frame, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the saw-attaching device eis permitted to move outward through the openinget in the frame, as shown in dotted lines, thus 'permit- .ting the saw-blade to be easily attached thereto,

frame, the said opening at this point being p rectangular in cross-section, so-that the said washer fm prevents the rotation of the saw-at` taching device e, and keeps'its saw-receiving slot in substantially the same plane as the saw frame.

The handle d is provided with a small hole, (shown in dotted lines at 5,) to enable the pivotpin i of the straining-lever h to be inserted or removed in putting the straining mechanism together in the frame.

It will be seen that the blade attaching and straining mechanism is ot' very simple construction and convenient in operation, there being no accurate fitting required in any of the parts, which may all consist of simple castings.

l claiml. The combination, with the frame having an open handle, of they straining device contained within the said handle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. The frame having one end adapted to have a saw-blade attached thereto, and pro! vided at its other end with an open handle,

A, combined with the movable blade-attaching devi-ce and the straining-lever pivoted thereto IOO and adapted to enter the opening of the. han- In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name 1o dle, substantially as described. to this specification in the presence of two sub- 3. The frame having an open handle provscribing witnesses. vided with a hole, 5, combined with the mov-l able blade-attaching device, rectangular Wash- GEO. XV. GRIFFIN. er, and the straining-lever pivoted to the said attaching device, as described, whereby its end fitnessesz constitutes a cam to move the attaching device FRANK PROCTOR, and strain the saw, substantially as set forth. ALEXIS PROCTOR. 

